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SCP6-1292 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2018-6554

Created: Sep 16, 2018    Updated: Aug 14, 2019
Resolved Date: Aug 14, 2019
Found In Version: 6.0.0.37
Fix Version: 6.0.0.38
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 6
Component/s: Kernel

Description

Memory leak in the irda_bind function in net/irda/af_irda.c and later in drivers/staging/irda/net/af_irda.c in the Linux kernel before 4.17 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by repeatedly binding an AF_IRDA socket.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6554
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